Shipyard News – Page 30

  • This year, NG Shipyards will be seeing new building contracts run neck-and-neck with maintenance and repair work
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    Next Generation Shipyards: Designs on the future

    2019-05-02T10:00:00Z

    Next Generation Shipyards hasn’t been around long – just five years – but it’s already getting known for a range of specialised vessels.

  • Eco friendly replacement ordered for Grieth (Photo Raimond Spekking):
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    Workboat replacement is first of series

    2019-04-30T08:54:00Z

    The prototype for a new series of eco-friendly workboats is under build for delivery next year to German shipping and waterway authorities, writes Tom Todd.

  • German response ship Mellum – one of two also in line for complex replacement (Photo WSV)
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    Complex work on German special ships

    2019-04-30T08:49:00Z

    The complex fitting out of the €114 million Atair, the first of three planned LNG-fuelled special vessels for German service, is now underway after hull completion, writes Tom Todd.

  • Windcat Workboats
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    Alewijnse Marine electrical outfitting order

    2019-04-29T15:54:00Z

    Alewijnse Marine has extended its partnership with Dutch shipyard Dok and Scheepsbouw Woudsend and offshore services provider Windcat Workboats, with an order for the full electrical outfitting of the offshore crew transfer vessels (CTVs) Windcat 45 and 46.

  • 'Red Kestrel' arrives at Southampton docks
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    New Solent freight ferry

    2019-04-26T08:41:00Z

    Isle of Wight ferry operator, Red Funnel Ferries, has welcomed its first freight ferry with a traditional ship naming ceremony.

  • Intermarine UK took a 20 year lease of its new facilities in the spring of 2018
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    Intermarine UK grows Portland ship repair facility

    2019-04-23T12:57:00Z

    Just over a year after relocating to Portland Port in Dorset, the maritime engineering company Intermarine UK has continued to grow

  • Code Kilo launch event
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    European shipbuilders collaborate on vessel connectivity

    2019-04-23T11:48:00Z

    Some of the largest European shipbuilders have announced a new cooperative initiative to develop and demonstrate a connected vessel platform in a project named Code Kilo.

  • The 50’ x 15’ vessels will be powered by twin inboard diesel engines mated to water jet propulsion units
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    45 knot fireboat contract

    2019-04-17T12:55:00Z

    US commercial marine boatbuilder Metal Shark has been selected to build the next generation of fire boats for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.

  • Stena Edda just before the water started to fill up the dry dock
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    Second E-Flexer float out

    2019-04-16T10:44:00Z

    Stena Line has achieved another milestone in its fleet investment program with the ‘float out’ ceremony of the second vessel in its new generation E-Flexer series.

  • North East Maritime Trust estimate that the Bedford will require approximately two years of restoration work
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    Lifeboat restoration begins

    2019-04-16T10:23:00Z

    Since returning to Tyneside, UK the historic Tyneside lifeboat, ‘Bedford’ has been securely stored at the Port of Tyne.

  • Already in service:Hamburg 28m Class twin Berlin
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    German rescue cruiser under build

    2019-04-15T10:49:00Z

    Construction is now well underway in Germany on a search and rescue boat for the maritime rescue service DGzRS, writes Tom Todd.

  • The boat features a twin chine heavy weather hull form for excellent seakeeping
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    Camarc pilot boats for Los Angeles

    2019-04-12T10:38:00Z

    The Port of Los Angeles recently awarded US boatbuilder Vigor the contract to build two 56’ pilot boats designed in Europe by Camarc.

  • 'Rever Saphire' in dry dock at A&P Tyne
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    Special survey docking

    2019-04-12T10:21:00Z

    A&P Tyne has completed a non-routine docking and a special survey docking for Rever Offshore’s diving support vessels ‘Rever Sapphire’ and ‘Rever Polaris’.

  • One of Windcat Workboats' existing diesel powered fleet
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    Contract for hydrogen powered CTVs

    2019-04-12T10:06:00Z

    Wind farm major Vattenfall has signed a contract with Windcat Workboats for the provision of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to service the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1&2 offshore wind farm.

  • 'Voltaire'
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    Offshore vessel equipped for bigger parts

    2019-04-11T15:26:00Z

    Jan De Nul Group has ordered its third Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel with crane capacity of over 3,000t to enable it to handle increasingly larger offshore wind parts.

  • 'Seacat Weatherly' will boast one of the largest foredecks on the market
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    First Chartwell 24 for offshore wind sector

    2019-04-09T09:52:00Z

    Seacat Services, has signed a multi-million-pound contract to build a new Chartwell 24 catamaran for deployment in the offshore wind sector.

  • News

    Anti-corrosive two coat system

    2019-04-09T08:58:00Z

    Danish paint manufacturer Hempel is rolling out a highly flexible two-coat water repellent coating – Hempatop Repel 800.

  • Project partners at the launch of the JIP
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    3D printing maritime spare parts

    2019-04-09T08:20:00Z

    Germany headquartered classification society DNV GL has been appointed as the lead researcher of the first phase of a new Singapore-based program to study the feasibility of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, in the maritime industry.

  • 'MPI Cervantes', one of the vessels recently bought by Manor Renewable Energy
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    Fast turnaround for CTVs

    2019-04-08T12:02:00Z

    Crew Transfer Vessels, the ‘MPI Cervantes’ and ‘MPI Cardenio’ have been purchased from Offshore Support Vessels BV for an undisclosed sum by Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) Ltd.

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    Renolit film testing success

    2019-04-05T12:51:00Z

    The fouling release film Renolit Dolphin S has now been successfully applied to a number of vessels and has obtained good results from submerged panel fouling tests